Obama advisers are saying Al Qaeda is on the ropes and that a six month intensified campaign could very well deliver a knockout blow. Could this hype be designed to bolster the position of the industrial war complex in the debt negotiations? The very thought that Al Qaeda is “on the ropes” is ludicrous. How can they be when the United States is sending billions to Libya, Syria, Yemen, and Egypt to prop up and strengthen Al Qaeda?
Fifteen of our service members were killed in Iraq last month, marking a resurgence of violence in that country. And I think we are going to see escalations in every country wherein we are currently engaged in war as an increase in fighting is the surest way to make the arguments necessary to stop any cuts in defense spending.
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